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Two are facing charges after a traffic stop by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office Thursday night.

According to arrest reports, deputies saw a vehicle traveling west on DeSiard Street without a functioning headlight. While speaking to the driver — identified as Eric Wilson, age 34 — deputies observed nervous behaviors and asked for permission to search the car.

A small plastic bag containing suspected methamphetamine was found inside a soda in the center console. Wilson said the meth was not his and belonged to his nephew, Connor Gates, age 23, Farmerville. Gates was sitting in the front passenger seat during the traffic stop.

Three empty needles and a second bag containing suspected methamphetamine were then located in the gas cap of the vehicle.

Wilson also denied ownership of the second bag and said he did not know how it got in the gas cap.

Gates told officers the bag in the drink belonged to Wilson. He said his uncle asked him to place the bag in the soda as deputies pulled the car over. He also said he did not know how the meth and needles ended up in the gas cap.

A third passenger said she did not know about the bag in the gas cap but did see Gates place the first meth bag in the drink. She said she did not know if Wilson handed it to him.